The most recent pandemic spread by touch and was infectious immediately - long before any symptoms are apparent.
The nanites replicating without restriction were probably illegally modded at some point by a fetish bodyshop. The protocols that were removed to allow this particular strain also removed the safety protocols required by law to keep them from spreading and multiplying without end.
It's easy now to identify victims by their shiny and permanent Nanite Leather (Neather) skin, a female form with unreal proportions (regardless of their original sex), high heels that cannot be removed, and increased sexual sensitivity.
The only defense against the nanites otherwise replicating forever is an ElectroMagnetic Pulse (EMP) that resets their programming. While EMP checkpoints are now found at the entrance to most cities and bridges, when the spread began (and I was infected) they were almost unheard of. I'm a Neather Victim but I love it! Look at me: I'm super sexy!
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